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Kids Build Pill Dispenser To Win Raspberry Pi Award
judgecorp writes "The first Raspberry Pi Awards have picked the best projects built by schoolchildren using the Raspberry Pi. The winners included a team of 8 to 11 year olds, who built a door-answering machine for elderly or disabled people, and a team of 12 to 16 year olds, who made an automated pill dispenser for forgetful patients. Other categories included adults, who built a wireless home power consumption system."
Other categories included adults, who built a wireless home power consumption system."
That's nothing, I've built a whole ton of power consumption systems in my time!
Of course, what the adult winners built was a home power consumption MONITORING system, which is a tiny bit different.
The average kid might lack the smarts or the interest to do these projects, but there are plenty of individuals in those age groups who are able to come up with stuff like this, design it, then build and program it. It won't following engineering standards, be bug free, and might not even work very well in general, but that's not the point of this competition.
If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...
But is it about being environmentally friendly, or saving a few bucks on the power bill?
Does it matter if the end result is the same?